A&W opens new Coralville restaurant

[cigaretteman]

A&W has returned to the Corridor for the first time in many years, thanks to a new Coralville opening.



The new “All American Food” restaurant opened in early October at Coral Ridge Mall, according to a social media post from the shopping center.


Owners Atul and Sandy Patel previously owned and operated an Orange Julius and Karmelkorn Shoppe for 25 years, according to an announcement from Coral Ridge Mall.




One of the last known A&W locations in the area, near the corner of K Avenue and Ellis Boulevard NW in Cedar Rapids, was closed by the flood of 2008. That location never returned, even as other nearby restaurants and shops came back to the area.


Other locations open around Eastern Iowa include Burlington, Davenport, Dubuque, Mount Pleasant and Sigourney. A&W Restaurants has 12 locations across Iowa.

A&W has returned to the Corridor with a new Coralville restaurant

The new “All American Food” restaurant opened in early October at the Coral Ridge Mall, according to a social media post from the shopping center.

www.thegazette.com

 

[Colonoscopy]

why don't they ever have the old style of jugs that you used to get. I remember the one in cedar rapids as a kid. Rootbeer there was totally different. Think it was less carbonized. Plus they had the best yellowjackets at the drive-in.

 

[EasyHawk]

Nothing like 25 cent Coney night every Tuesday back in the day. Or a Papa Burger basket. As kids we always wanted to park outside and have the trays hung from the windows and eat it there. But after twice either my mom or my dad getting the tray of root beers spilled into their laps, we usually went inside. So handy to pick up the little phone in your booth and give your order!

 

[McLovin32]

I miss going to A&W and getting the frosty mugs of root beer. The root beer there was unbeatable.

 

[Aardvark86]

A&W has returned to the Corridor for the first time in many years, thanks to a new Coralville opening.



The new “All American Food” restaurant opened in early October at Coral Ridge Mall, according to a social media post from the shopping center.


Owners Atul and Sandy Patel previously owned and operated an Orange Julius and Karmelkorn Shoppe for 25 years, according to an announcement from Coral Ridge Mall.




One of the last known A&W locations in the area, near the corner of K Avenue and Ellis Boulevard NW in Cedar Rapids, was closed by the flood of 2008. That location never returned, even as other nearby restaurants and shops came back to the area.


Other locations open around Eastern Iowa include Burlington, Davenport, Dubuque, Mount Pleasant and Sigourney. A&W Restaurants has 12 locations across Iowa.

A&W has returned to the Corridor with a new Coralville restaurant

The new “All American Food” restaurant opened in early October at the Coral Ridge Mall, according to a social media post from the shopping center.

www.thegazette.com

man, you are taking me back to my youth, with drives across the country to Wyoming every summer in our family truckster with my parents, three kids, and a dog. and weekend fossil hunting with my dad, where if you could remember facts about particular fossils (I remember repeating to myself "belemnites, 200 million years ago"), you got to stop at the A&W on the way home.

 

[Old_wrestling_fan]

Nothing like 25 cent Coney night every Tuesday back in the day. Or a Papa Burger basket. As kids we always wanted to park outside and have the trays hung from the windows and eat it there. But after twice either my mom or my dad getting the tray of root beers spilled into their laps, we usually went inside. So handy to pick up the little phone in your booth and give your order!

Ha! Our family would sometimes go to the one in CR on Ellis Blvd way back in the day and we too had at least one, memorable, occasion where the whole drink ended up in my brother's lap. Must have been a thing.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

So I take it that the A&W located in the Casey's out by the CID airport is no longer there?

When I met and started dating tBW back in 1981, her folks owned an A&W. I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I found out.

 

[wneff]

Only a slight hijack here: There used to be a chain of restaurants in north-central (Peru, Ottawa, that vicinity) Illinois that made their own root beer and it was all you can drink for one price. Are they still there? What were they called?

 

[fredjr82]

So I take it that the A&W located in the Casey's out by the CID airport is no longer there?

When I met and started dating tBW back in 1981, her folks owned an A&W. I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I found out.

That was my thought too? The last A&W I was ate at, was the Casey's by 380/CID. Assumed it was still there?

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

That was my thought too? The last A&W I was ate at, was the Casey's by 380/CID. Assumed it was still there?

I confirmed it with a coworker from the area that the A&W there is now gone.

 

[GOHOX69]

That was my thought too? The last A&W I was ate at, was the Casey's by 380/CID. Assumed it was still there?

Long long gone.

 

[GOHOX69]

I confirmed it with a coworker from the area that the A&W there is now gone.

Long ago.

 

[Chishawk1425]

Their curds are fantastic with spicy papa sauce.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

In the early 60's there was an A & W where McDonalds' is now at Benton and Riverside Drive. They tore it down to build a Philips 66 gas station which was razed to build Micky Ds. Then that McDs was razed to build the current one...

 

[Section25]

Marion had the best A&W kitty corner from Todd's Indian house and across the street from Thomas Park. My kids all worked at the Ellis A&W as the wife was friends with the owner and we owned a house on Ellis near the park.

 

[dgordo]

Only a slight hijack here: There used to be a chain of restaurants in north-central (Peru, Ottawa, that vicinity) Illinois that made their own root beer and it was all you can drink for one price. Are they still there? What were they called?

Oogies?

 

[GOHOX69]

In the early 60's there was an A & W where McDonalds' is now at Benton and Riverside Drive. They tore it down to build a Philips 66 gas station which was razed to build Micky Ds. Then that McDs was razed to build the current one...

The skeleton of that was there when I moved to ic way back when.

 

[Doodads and Hoohah]

There was one is Sycamore Mall at one time. Also one in Albia I went to a few times.

 

[lucas80]

In the early 60's there was an A & W where McDonalds' is now at Benton and Riverside Drive. They tore it down to build a Philips 66 gas station which was razed to build Micky Ds. Then that McDs was razed to build the current one...

There was one in the Sycamore Mall for a long time. We were poors who didn’t have ac in our house, so it was a special treat to go eat lunch there.
Then the location was a Diamond Dave’s?

 

[millah_22]

I miss going to A&W and getting the frosty mugs of root beer. The root beer there was unbeatable.

I could beat it.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

I miss going to A&W and getting the frosty mugs of root beer. The root beer there was unbeatable.

Root beer is nasty! I don’t know how anyone can drink that shit.

 

[millah_22]

Root beer is nasty! I don’t know how anyone can drink that shit.

Like Helen Keller, McLovin lost his taste buds from Scarlet Fever.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

Like Helen Keller, McLovin lost his taste buds from Scarlet Fever.

That explains a lot.

 

[Hawki97]

In the early 60's there was an A & W where McDonalds' is now at Benton and Riverside Drive. They tore it down to build a Philips 66 gas station which was razed to build Micky Ds. Then that McDs was razed to build the current one...

RIP Ground Round. Yes, I know it was next door - just reminiscing about the general area.

 

[ThorneStockton]

I thought there was a A&W attached to a gas station on Dodge street, just north of 80.

 

[GOHOX69]

I thought there was a A&W attached to a gas station on Dodge street, just north of 80.

There was.

 

[Colonoscopy]

I could beat it.

Yeah. Like beat in it.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Root beer is nasty! I don’t know how anyone can drink that shit.

You're nasty. Probably don't like popcorn either.

 

[WrigleyHawkeye20]

So I take it that the A&W located in the Casey's out by the CID airport is no longer there?

When I met and started dating tBW back in 1981, her folks owned an A&W. I thought I had died and gone to heaven when I found out.

Used to work at the Kirkwood Softball Complex across the street from the airport during the summers back in HS and used to eat at that A&W A LOT!

 

[lucas80]

RIP Ground Round. Yes, I know it was next door - just reminiscing about the general area.

As far as a mid level eats and a decent bar I liked that place. Especially after softball games.

 

[lucas80]

Wasn’t there an A&W in the Coral Ridge Mall food court for awhile?

 

[GOHOX69]

Wasn’t there an A&W in the Coral Ridge Mall food court for awhile?

Yes. Also true.

 

[swagsurfer02]

Wife has to point out A&W whenever she sees it. Way she almost fiends for it makes me think the one in Emmetsburg must have put crack in their food and ice cream. We passed several on our way to and back from Tucson, AZ this past weekend.

 

[Bank of Hawk]

I ♥️ ÄŴ

 

[Tenacious E]

A&W has returned to the Corridor for the first time in many years, thanks to a new Coralville opening.



The new “All American Food” restaurant opened in early October at Coral Ridge Mall, according to a social media post from the shopping center.


Owners Atul and Sandy Patel previously owned and operated an Orange Julius and Karmelkorn Shoppe for 25 years, according to an announcement from Coral Ridge Mall.




One of the last known A&W locations in the area, near the corner of K Avenue and Ellis Boulevard NW in Cedar Rapids, was closed by the flood of 2008. That location never returned, even as other nearby restaurants and shops came back to the area.


Other locations open around Eastern Iowa include Burlington, Davenport, Dubuque, Mount Pleasant and Sigourney. A&W Restaurants has 12 locations across Iowa.

A&W has returned to the Corridor with a new Coralville restaurant

The new “All American Food” restaurant opened in early October at the Coral Ridge Mall, according to a social media post from the shopping center.

www.thegazette.com

The a&w where I grew up in Wisconsin got me hooked on fried cheese curds and curly fries. I’d probably have a BMI of 10 if it wouldn’t have been there.

 

[Tenacious E]

Root beer is nasty! I don’t know how anyone can drink that shit.

You are a vegan-rootbeer-hating monster and your culinary takes are null and void.

 

[bagdropper]

Marion had the best A&W kitty corner from Todd's Indian house and across the street from Thomas Park. My kids all worked at the Ellis A&W as the wife was friends with the owner and we owned a house on Ellis near the park.

I grew up 2 blocks from that one. It was pretty much the only Marion place we got FF from until it closed. 10 cent ice cream cones too!

Side note...my brother, sister and mom all at one time worked at Todd's Indian House in the early 70's.

 

[beanerhawk]

Root beer is nasty! I don’t know how anyone can drink that shit.

I don't know if I've ever heard of someone not liking root beer. A root beer float on a warm day is delightful.

 

[Tenacious E]

I don't know if I've ever heard of someone not liking root beer. A root beer float on a warm day is delightful.

Ice cream? Dairy? Be ready for his puking gif.